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Marches and Rallies
2012	Sunday, April 29, 2012 4:00-8:00 PM "No War on Iran: Occupy AIPAC" Protest the lobbies of the 1% who support war on Iran and apartheid in Israel Outside Mittleman Jewish Commmunity Center 6651 SW Capitol Highway (near Vermont St.) • Calendar listing • Flyer - 8.5x11 • facebook * • No More Massacres! US Out of Afghanistan NOW! Expanded PPRC Friday Rally & March Friday, March 16, 2012, 5:00 PM Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway • Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 4 PM-5:30 PM ACTION: US is NOT Out of Iraq! SW Broadway and Yamhill (Pioneer Courthouse Square) Day After Obama spoke about Iraq withdrawal at State of the Union • Friday, January 6, 2012, 5:00 PM Rally/March to Shut Guantanamo, 10 Years Later SW Corner of Pioneer Courthouse Square at Yamhill & Broadway Join PJW at the Portland Peaceful Response Coalition Friday Rally to protest the 10th anniversary of Guantanamo Bay Prison (Jan. 11) Details on the Friday Jan. 6 event.   •
2011	Saturday, October 15, 2011, 1:00 PM "10 Years in Afghanistan: End the Wars-Bring Our $$ Home" --Self Determination for the Middle East   --End Militarism --Money for Jobs & Health Care   --Protect Human & Civil Rights Rally: 1 PM, So Park Blocks at Salmon; March: 1:30 PM; Forum: 2:30 PM, First Unitarian Church Flyer • Info • Cosponsors • Volunteer! • * • March route • Friday, October 7, 2011, 5:00 PM Expanded Friday Rally to Mark 10 Years Since Afghan Invasion 5:00 PM, SW Corner of Pioneer Courthouse Square (SW Yamhill and Broadway) • Monday, March 21, 2011 EMERGENCY RALLY to protest US missiles in Libya MONDAY, MARCH 21 at 4:00 PM TERRY SCHRUNK PLAZA, SW 3rd and Madison • Saturday, March 19, 2011 1:00 PM Rally, 1:30 PM March (12:30 PM gather/music) "Eight Years in Iraq, Nine Years in Afghanistan How's The War Economy Working for You?" Downtown Portland, Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW 6th & Yamhill Download flyers: 1/4 page • full page • 11x17 List of cosponsors Volunteer! Facebook * March route •
2010	Saturday, October 9, 2010, 11:00 AM Afghanistan, Nine Years Later: "Money for Jobs and Education, Not War and Occupation" RALLY: 11 AM, MARCH: 11:30 AM, TEACH-IN: 1:00 PM at PSU List of 28 cosponsors and endorsers Park Blocks near Portland State University: Between SW Market and Clay Event details Teach-In details Download a flyer • Friday, May 21 2010, 5:00 PM Rally and march: "End Killer Drone Wars" in Pakistan and the Middle East PPRC Friday Rally for Peace and Justice Pioneer Courhouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway PPRC has held a weekly rally since Nov. 2001! • Saturday, March 20, 2010, 12 Noon to 3:30 PM Rally, march and teach-in: "Iraq, Seven Years Later*: Change US Foreign Policy-Bring All the Troops Home!" Terry Schrunk Plaza (SW 3rd&Madison) to First Unitarian Church (SW 12th & Main). Details   Download a flyer (.pdf format) *As of 2010, the US has been at war with Iraq at least 19 years, since January 1991...   ALSO: Friday, March 19, 2010, 5:00 to 6:00 PM Expanded PPRC Friday Rally for Peace and Justice to mark 7 Years since the invasion of Iraq and promote March 20 Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway. •
2009	Friday, October 2, 2009, 5:00 PM "The Invasion of Afghanistan, 8 Years Later" Expanded Friday Rally and March for Peace and Justice Download Our Fact Sheet:-October 2, 2009 US Out of Afghanistan! The Invasion, Eight Years Later... • Sunday, March 15, 2009 March and Rally in Salem, OR on the 6th anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq "Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad: Keep Oregon's Guard Home from Iraq and Afghanistan!" 1:00 PM, Capitol Steps, Salem 63 Cosponsors and endorsers   .pdf flyer  Video Friday March 13 Portland Rally to Energize for Salem •
2008	Friday, October 10, 2008, 5 PM US Out of Iraq & Afghanistan: 6 & 7 Years Later 6 years after Congress authorized Use of Force on Iraq and 7 years after the US Invasion of Afghanistan At the Friday Rally, Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway     more info • "DON'T ATTACK IRAN" Says Friday Rally Set For August 1, 2008 Coincides with National Actions, Portland Iranian Festival Friday, August 1, 2008, 5 PM Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway     more info • Rally for Peace in Somalia to Focus Portland's Attention on U.S., Ethiopian Military Intervention Monday, June 30, 2008 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM Terry Schrunk Plaza, SW 3rd and Madison "End U.S. and Ethiopian Military Attacks on Somalia: Peace and Stability Can Stop Displacement and Genocide" Co-coordinated by Center for Intercultural Organizing and Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group. Download a flyer (.pdf format) • PJW hosted a "U.S. OUT OF THE 'MIDDLE EAST'" Action Tent at the March 15 mobilization to Stop the War, Bring the Troops Home Now Saturday, March 15, 2008 in the South Park Blocks More information   Downloadable .pdf flyer • Rally and March to Shut Down Guantanamo Bay Prison Friday, January 11, 2008, 5 PM at the PPRC Friday rally, Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill & Morrison •
2007	MOBILIZATION AGAINST WAR AND OCCUPATION "Stop the wars and Occupations--Bring All the Troops Home Now" Saturday, September 29, 2007, 11:00 AM, NW Park and Flanders .pdf flyer     List of cosponsors PJW feeder march at 9:30 AM at the Recruiting station at NE 14th & Broadway • EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION, SEPTEMBER 2007: NO TO THE "PETRAEUS REPORT" 4:00 PM, Monday, September 10, 2007 Terry Schrunk Plaza, SW 3rd and Madison • EVENT: "No More Invasions, No More Wars: The Occupation of Iraq, Four Years Later" Monday, March 19, 2007 Terry Schrunk Plaza, SW 3rd & Madison Dual-opportunity visibility action  Flyer 12:00 noon-2 PM: Lunchtime peace gathering 4 PM-6:30 PM: Evening Demonstration and Message to the Iraqi People •
2006	PEACE RALLY: "The Invasion of Afghanistan, Five Years Later: End the Occupation, Work for Peace" Friday, October 6, 2006, 5 PM Expanded Friday rally, Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill & Morrison • Commemorating 9/11, Five Years Later: PEACE RALLY: "Just Say No to the 'War on Terror': 9/11 Five Years Later" Friday, September 8, 2006, 5 PM Expanded Friday rally, Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill & Morrison • .pdf flyer (also see 9/16/06 forum) • Sunday, March 19, 2006 - Three Years After the Invasion of Iraq Portland Rally and march: "End the War, Begin the Peace"--Report back List of 159 organizations cosponsoring and endorsing Fact sheet-March 19, 2006 -End the War, Begin the Peace (.pdf ) • Friday Rally: "The 'Gulf War,' 15 Years Later" <.pdf flyer > 5 PM, Friday, Jan 13, 2006, Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland •
2005	Friday, September 23, 2005 Portland Rally to Bring the Troops Home 5 PM, Pioneer Courthouse Square, Porltand, in Solidarity with a Sept. 24 National March and Oregon Military Families Rally Focusing on the Human Costs of War Saturday, September 24, 1 PM, Monteith Park, Albany, OR • Mon. June 13, 2005, 9 AM: Rally to Bring Oregon's Troops Home State Capitol Building, Salem and RALLY AND MARCH FOR JUSTICE - Friday, June 17, 2005 4 PM SW 2nd & Salmon - Downtown Portland (World Trade Center) 5 PM: March to NE Portland (All part of June 12-18 Salem to Portland Walk for Truth, Justice, and Community) More information    .pdf flyer for June 17 • Info on March 19, 2005 Teach-in and Peace March •
2004	Sunday, October 3, 2004: Rally and March for Peace and Justice End the Wars and Occupations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the West Bank/Gaza 2 PM, North Park Blocks, NW 8th and Everett More information     List of cosponsors Downloadable .pdf flyer-version1 version2 • Saturday, March 20, 2004: "The World Still Says No To War" Rally for peace on the one year anniversary of the War on Iraq, 1:00 PM Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland Report Back on March 20 in Portland • .pdf flyer • Cosponsor list- - 126 groups! •
2003	Sunday, September 21st, 2003: March and Rally for Peace in the Middle East: Bring the Troops Home! 2:00 p.m., Terry Schrunk Plaza, S.W. 4th & Madison, Portland Downloadable .pdf flyer for this event: http://www.pjw.info/sept2103flyer.pdf • Saturday, April 12, 2003: Big Peace March 3:30 PM gather at Waterfront Park SW Portland --SW Yamhill Ave (Naito Pkwy) March begins 4 PM, Rally 5 PM at Pioneer Courthouse Square. More info/cosponsor list   Downloadable .pdf flyer • Saturday, March 15, 2003: Stop the War in Iraq and at Home: Rally for Peace in the Middle East 2 PM Waterfront Park SW Portland --SW Yamhill and Front Ave (Naito Pkwy) Downloadable .pdf flyer List of cosponsors and endorsers(over 150!)     Volunteer • Saturday, January 18, 2003: Take Action for Peace and Justice: Stop the War at Home and Abroad Click here for info on January 18, 2003 march and rally for peace (Over 140 organizations!) Back to top
Other Events
2012	Saturday, May 19, 2012, 1:00-4:00 PM Iran Forum: Myths and Facts First Unitarian Church, 1211 SW Main   Full page flyer (pdf) • facebook * • EVENT: Women and Homelessness Book Release Friday, April 13, 7:00 PM St Francis Dining Hall, 1131 SE Oak More info   Flyer (jpeg) • Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:30-6:30 PM "Casualties of Iraq 9 Years Later: US Out!" Visibility action on the ninth anniversary of the invasion Downtown Portland, SW Yamhill and Broadway * Calendar listing * Flyers • 8.5x11 NEW! Fact Sheet (.pdf) •
2011	Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 7:30 PM "Civil Liberties 10 Years After 9/11: Can We Be Safe and Free?" Portland Building Auditorium, 1120 SW 5th Ave, Portland Flyer • Info • Sunday, September 11, 2011, 2:00-3:00 PM September 11 Peace Memorial: Reflect, Mourn, Take Action for a More Peaceful World Ten years after the incident that led the US into an endless "war on terror" Lownsdale Square, SW 4th and Salmon Download a flyer • Sunday, August 7, 2011, 1:00-4:00 PM How Can We Create A Nuclear-Free World? Not Another Hiroshima, Nagasaki or Fukushima Japanese American Historical Plaza, NW Naito Pkwy and Davis Coordinated by Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility Download a flyer • Friday, August 5, 2011, 7:00 PM "Kathy Kelly in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq: The Costs of War, the Price of Peace" Moriarty Arts Building Auditorium at Portland Community College Cascade (705 N Killingsworth at Albina) Download a flyer • Friday, January 14, 2011, 4:30 PM Visibility Action: The "Gulf War" 20 Years Later SW 3rd and Madison by Terry Schrunk Plaza Download a flyer •
2010	Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010 2:30 pm "Report Back from Palestine" with Michael Sonnleitner (PCC Peace & Conflict Studies) Westminster Presbyterian Church Fireside Room, NE 16th & Hancock Download a flyer • Friday, August 6, 2010, 6:00 PM Annual Hiroshima Day Commemoration "Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Create a Nuclear Free Future" (Sponsored by Oregon PSR, WILPF, the PJW Iraq Affinity Group and others) Japanese- American Historical Plaza, NW Front (Naito) at Couch Download a flyer (.jpg format) (.pdf format) •
2009	Thursday, August 6, 2009, 6:00 PM Annual Hiroshima Day Commemoration "A Nuclear Free Future: It Takes Everyone" (Sponsored by Oregon PSR, WILPF, the PJW Iraq Affinity Group and others) Japanese- American Historical Plaza, NW Front (Naito) at Couch Download a flyer (.pdf format) • "Civil Liberties Under the Obama Administration: Are We Still at Risk?" Public Forum on Civil Liberties and National Security Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 7:00 PM Portland State University Urban Center, Second Floor Gallery More info   Downloadable .pdf Flyer •
2008	Saturday, October 11, 2008, 7:00 PM: "Palestine: From Apatheid to Warehousing" a talk by Israeli peace activist Dr. Jeff Halper executive director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions Westminster Presbyterian Church   1624 NE Hancock (just N of Broadway) Sponsored by Portland Peaceful Response Coalition   Downloadable .pdf flyer • Sunday, October 12, 2008, 3:00 PM: Film Benefit Screening: "Soldiers Speak Out" Academy award winning director Barbara Trent screens her latest film and shows a preview of her upcoming documentary "Seizing Power" Bagdad Theatre   3702 SE Hawthorne Bv Download a .pdf flyer More info--appearances October 11, 12 & 13 • Monday, Sept. 15, 2008, 7:00 PM: Grassroots Organizing for Peace and Justice in the Americas An evening with Fr. Roy Bourgeois, Internationally recognized human rights activist Close the School of the Americas! Augustana Lutheran Church   2710 N.E. 14 Street (15th & Knott) More info • Wednesday, August 6, 2008, 6:00 PM Annual Hiroshima Day Commemoration (Sponsored by Oregon PSR, WILPF, and Japanese American Citizens League, the PJW Iraq Affinity Group and others) Japanese- American Historical Plaza, NW Front(Naito) at Davis Download a flyer (.pdf format) • The Iraq Affinity Group supported and hopes you saw "9 Parts of Desire" a play about Iraqi women It played Friday May 9 to Saturday June 14, 2008 at the Coho Theatre Presented by Cygnet Productions • The WHEELS OF JUSTICE TOUR Visited the Portland Area to Speak About the Occupations of Iraq and Palestine Events February 28 to March 2, 2008 included downtown peace vigil, two church visits Major public events: 11 AM Friday, February 29 at Terry Schrunk Plaza; 7 PM Saturday, March 1 at First Unitarian Church, and 11:30 AM Sunday, March 2 at Central Lutheran Church. More information   Downloadable .pdf flyer •
2007	EVENT: David Barsamian on "Targeting Iran" Monday, Oct 22, 2007, 7 PM, SEIU Local 49 Union Hall, 3536 SE 26th •
2006	Two October, 2006 events involving US relations with Iran: JAMMING FOR PEACE Music From Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Beyond Saturday, October 28, 2006 7 - 10 PM First Congregational Church - 1126 SW Park Ave Info at http://www.aifcpdx.org IRAN FORUM; Bomb...or Path out of Crisis Sunday, October 29, 2006 2 PM First Unitarian Church, Salmon St Sanctuary SW 12th & Salmon Free Admission -- Details at http://www.aifcpdx.org • FORUM: "Aftermath of 9/11, Five Years Later: US Policy Past, Present and Future" Saturday, September 16, 2006, 6:30 to 9 PM First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 12th • .pdf flyer Back to rallies • Thursday, July 20, 2006, 7 - 9 PM Forum on US-Iran Relations Portland State University Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 236 [.pdf flyer] • Sunday, August 6, 2006, 6-7PM Annual Hiroshima Day Commemoration (Sponsored by Oregon PSR, WILPF, and Japanese American Citizens League) Japanese- American Historical Plaza, SW Front(Naito) at Davis [.pdf flyer] • Wednesday, August 9, 2006, 7:00 and 9:10 PM "The Last Atomic Bomb" A documentary on Nagasaki by Robert Richter (Sponsored by the Portland Alliance) Clinton Street Theater, SE 26th & Clinton • Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - Attacks on London: Clash of Civilizations or Reaction to the War on Iraq? Book Reading with Author Milan Rai   .pdf flyer 7:00 pm, Laughing Horse Books, 12 NE 10th • Saturday, May 6, 2006 - The Struggle for Peace in Latin America   .pdf flyer An Evening with Father Roy Bourgeois, School of the Americas Watch • Moday, March 20, 2006 - An Evening with Iraqi Activist Eman Ahmed Khamas Member of the Iraqi Women's Delegation traveling the US 7:00 - 8:30 PM, First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 12th Av, Portland •
2005	The Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group tabled at the Portland Global Festival on Sunday, September 11, 2005 at Holladay Park, 12 noon-6 PM. • HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI 1945-2005: 60 Years of Nuclear Nightmares Friday, August 5, 4:30 PM: Gathering and March for the End of Nuclear Weapons Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW 6th and Yamhill, Portland and Vigil and March with the Women in Black, also Friday, August 5, 2005 12 Noon Terry Schrunk Plaza, SW 3rd and Madison, Portland Participate in the Zones Project--What if a nuclear blast hit downtown Portland?    Info  .pdf flyer • Iraqi Labor Tour 2005 Community Meeting Wed. June 22, 2005 7 PM, PSU Smith Center Ballroom SW Broadway at Montgomery More information    .pdf flyer for June 22 Iraq Labor Tour • "Saying No to War and Occupation: Teach-in and Peace March, Two Years Later" Saturday, March 19, 2005 More information on March 19     Flyer • Peace Gathering on Inauguration Day (Thursday, January 20, 2005) 8:00 AM to 6:30 PM, Terry Schrunk Plaza, SW 3rd and Madison, Portland     More information     Fact sheet (.html or .pdf) •
2004	Presentation: "The Struggles of Iraq and a Hope for the Future" Matt Chandler of Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT), in Iraq since early 2004 will speak in Portland [.pdf flyer]   Monday, June 28, 2004, 7:00 PM at the Friends Meeting House, 4312 SE Stark • SOLD OUT: Benefit Screening of Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 911" Thursday, JUNE 24, 2004 7:30 PM AT Lloyd Mall Cinemas: SOLD OUT!! Read more!    Download .pdf poster • "Counting the Costs: Iraq One Year Later" The Iraq Affinity Group held a vigil at Terry Schrunk Plaza on Friday evening, March 19, 2004 from 4-6 PM.  [view flyer] • Presentation: Eyewitness to Occupation: Ten Months in Baghdad [.pdf flyer] Featuring AFSC Iraq Country Representatives Saturday March 13, 2004 -7:00 PM - Multnomah Friends Meeting 4312 SE Stark, Portland, OR •
2003	"WHEELS OF JUSTICE BUS TOUR" Voices in the Wilderness informational tour on Iraq/Israel/Palestine Sat-Sun, October 18-19, 2003 and Tue-Wed October 21-22 Sat: PSU, Red & Black Cafe; Sun: Reedwood Friends, Vancouver UCC • "HEALTH EFFECTS OF DEPLETED URANIUM" National Expert / Gulf War Veteran Doug Rokke to Speak in Portland Wednesday October 8, 2003 First Unitarian Church, 7 PM Downloadable .pdf flyer • February 15/16, 2003 Days of Action Against War and for Peace: Partial listing of events in Portland and Willamette Valley Back to top
Meetings
	Saturday, February 11, 2012 12:00 Noon (vegetarian potluck)        12:30 pm-2:30 (Meeting) Peace and Justice Works' Annual Meeting and Potluck AFSC Office, 2249 E Burnside, Portland • Sunday, November 13, 2011 12:00 Noon (vegetarian potluck)        12:30 pm-2:30 (Meeting) Peace and Justice Works' Fall Quarterly Meeting and Potluck Peace House, 2116 NE 18th (at Tillamook), Portland • Saturday, July 23, 2011, 12:00 PM Peace and Justice Works Summer Quarterly meeting and vegetarian potluck Col Summers Park, SE 17th & Taylor; Potluck at 12:00, meeting at 12:30 • Peace and Justice Works' Fall Quarterly Meeting and Potluck Sunday, November 4, 2007      12:00 Noon (vegetarian potluck)        12:30 pm-2:30 (Meeting) Peace House, 2116 NE 18th (at Tillamook), Portland Back to top
News and Statements
	Read about the Campaign to Keep Oregon's National Guard Home from Iraq and Afghanistan Launched as part of the Campaign to Bring the Troops home in May, 2008 Guard Home Campaign Considers Successes in 2009 session (6/23/09) Media: The Campaign in the Press (updated 5/29/09) Original draft resolution / legislation     list of supporters   • Ruling in Case of Police Spying on Peace and Justice Works -- March, 2005 Read information on a case of Portland Police spying on Peace and Justice Works, which was rejected by the US 9th Circuit Court on March 2, 2005, and how it relates to the Portland Joint Terrorism Task Force. • UN Lifts Sanctions on Iraq--May 22, 2003 ...but PJW's Iraq Affinity Group vows to oppose the terms of Resolution 1483, that gives US full authority (see the IAG's new mission statement--June, 2003). • US Bombs Afghanistan October, 2001 Statement on US Bombing of Afghanistan 10/7/01 Back to top *requires facebook account; PJW does not endorse facebook but recognizes its usefulness as an organizing tool

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